Personal Injury Law

How Did He Do? Uninsured Numbers Out

Posted on September 10, 2009
Rep. Wilson Web Site Down LEARN MORE Part 2 - Insurance and Tort Reform The Institute for Southern Studies on Rep...

Experimental Obesity Drug Shows Promise

Posted on September 10, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Obesity CDC on Obesity InjuryBoard Fen-Phen Help Center FDA on Fen-Phen IB News - Obesity Drug With Promise Includes Fen-Phen Ingredient, December 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: © Qnexa, made by Vivus Inc...

11th Hour Health Care Reform

Posted on September 09, 2009
President Obama and Bo, the family dog Obama and Critics From All Sides LEARN MORE Framework for Comprehensive Health Reform   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Obama and Bo, if you want a friend get a dog/ author: White House.gov In recent weeks, President Obama has said that he still supports a "public option" that would offer government supported health insurance as a key to health care reform, but he has waivered on calling it essential element of health care reform...

A New Way Of Looking At ADHD

Posted on September 09, 2009
LEARN MORE JAMA – Abstract on study IB News – Teens Abusing ADHD Drugs – August 2009 IB News – Do ADHD Drugs Improve School Scores? – April 2009 National Institute on Mental Health – on ADHD Pediatrics – Positive Association ADHD Drugs and Test Scores - Abstract May 2009 Generation Rx - Amazon InjuryBoard News – Harvard Psychiatrists Under Fire, June, 2008 Multimodal Treatment Study of children with ADHD IMAGE SOURCE: Drug company logo/ Kevin Miller's World blog Not Willful Defiance A published study finds that people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) lack certain key proteins that allow them to experience a sense of reward and motivation...

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New Plan Proposes Fines For Not Having Health Insurance

Posted on September 09, 2009
LEARN MORE Framework for Comprehensive Health Reform (pdf) InjuryBoard on Health Care Reform IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockphoto / Global healthcare/ author: gmutlu Americans could be hit with hefty fines for failing to buy health insurance under a new plan that circulated in Congress on Tuesday...

The Dangers of Plaque

Posted on September 09, 2009
Healthy Mouth - Healthy Body  LEARN MORE National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - on Periodontal Disease Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. Roswell Park Cancer Institute IB News - Dental Prevention Treatment Suggest For Those On Bone-Loss Drugs - January 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ flossing/ author: Walter Siegmund Advanced gum disease may raise your risk of head and neck cancer...

Is prostate cancer caused by a virus?

Posted on September 08, 2009
Virus and Aggressive Prostate Cancer LEARN MORE PNAS Web site IB News - Prostate Cancer, Overdiagnosed, Overtreated - September 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Db Techno Web site This is the first time a virus has been linked to the most aggressive form of prostate cancer...

FDA Database Should Speed Contaminated Food Reporting

Posted on September 08, 2009
LEARN MORE The RFR Guidance FDA: How To Report IB News - Liability Lawsuits and Peanut Butter Paste - January 2009 IB News - E. Coli Beef Recall - May 2009 IB Help Center - E. Coli IB News - Deadly E. Coli Cookie Dough Has Woman Near Death - September 2009 CDC Web page- Salmonella InjuryBoard- Regional News, Orlando, Product liability laws, January 25, 2009 InjuryBoard- Regional News, Atlanta, Peanut butter lawsuit, January 24, 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Peanut butter in jar Keep Contaminated Food Out of Stores In order to move more quickly on reports of contaminated food, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today unveiled a new electronic database, the Reportable Food Registry (RFR)...

Alzheimer's Genes Found Cure Still Far Away

Posted on September 08, 2009
Three New Genes Found  LEARN MORE Dr. Jui Shen - Bio at Harvard Alzheimer Research Formal - on Presenilin research Neurology, Sept. 8, 2009 (subscription) Nature Genetics, September 2009 InjuryBoard on Alzheimer's Disease IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / close up render of neuron brain cell / author: Henrik5000 Three new genetic variations have been found to be associated with Alzheimer's disease...

Merck's Gardasil For Boys?

Posted on September 04, 2009
Gardasil for Boys? LEARN MORE IB News – Gardasil Rival Ceravix More Effective, Maker Says – July 2009 InjuryBoard Help Page - Gardasil IB News - Expanded Use of Gardasil Approved by the FDA September 2008 IB News - Did Gardasil Vaccine Cause a 12-yr-old Girl's Paralysis November 2007 IB News - HPV Vaccine Gardasil Linked to Three Deaths July 2007 The British Medical Journal- The Lancet, July 7, 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: © ©iStockphoto/ girl being vaccinated/ author: pflorendo Merck would love to expand use of the cervical cancer drug, Gardasil, to include boys and young men...

Deep Fried Butter And Other Texas State Fair Fried Fare

Posted on September 04, 2009
Rebel Without A Healthy Cause  LEARN MORE FDA on labeling Trans fats IB News on Acrylamide Lawsuit, August 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: MSNBC Web site / fried butter Oreos move over. Deep-fried butter will be among the not-so-healthy fare dished up at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas in late September...

Cardinals Immune From Flying Bat Injuries

Posted on September 04, 2009
Crying Foul LEARN MORE IB Partner, Greg Webb - Maple Bats Growing Threat At Baseball Parks - August 2008 Elie v. City of New York,   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia commons/ Keyspan Park/ author: Wally Gobetz You go to the game expecting to see some baseball, enjoy the sunshine, and maybe a hot dog...

Pediatricians Most Satisfied With Chosen Profession

Posted on September 04, 2009
LEARN MORE Journal of the American Medical Association Snapshot of U.S. Physicians, 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto/ doctor taking notes/ author: sstop Which doctors are the most satisfied with their chosen profession? Pediatricians, according to a survey released Thursday...

Jurors Deliberate The Future of Merck's Fosamax

Posted on September 03, 2009
LEARN MORE IB - Fosamax Help Center IB News – First Fosamax Trial Slated for Today – August 2009 InjuryBoard Fosamax News InjuryBoard on Fosamax WebMD on Bisphosphonate Drugs InjuryBoard on Bone, Joint & Muscle Disorders Center for Osteonecrosis Research & Education FosaMax Insert Bisphosphonates Safety Review 2007 IMAGE SOURCE: © Fosamax Web site Fosamax, the osteoporosis drug, is on trial...

Man Overboard Carnival Cruise Liner Rescued By Disney

Posted on September 03, 2009
LEARN MORE Cruise Junkie Home page Who is Ross Klein and articles about cruising Holland America Web site Cruise Bruise IB News - Death at Sea - June 2008 IB News- What Consumers Need to Know Before They Cruise - June 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: WPTV- TV, West Palm Beach Web Site/ Carnival Sensation Did He Fall? A Disney cruise ship came to the rescue of a man who fell overboard from a Carnival ship in the Atlantic early Thursday morning...

How Communities Can Help Fight Widening Waistlines

Posted on September 03, 2009
Taxing Sweet Drinks To Fight Obesity LEARN MORE National Institute of Medicine report CDC on obesity CDC on BMI Calculate Your BMI IMAGE SOURCE: Calculate your child's BMI, CDC   It worked with tobacco. When taxes were increased on cigarettes it cut down on tobacco use...

Repeat Offender Pfizer Pays Record $2.3 Billion Fraud Settlement

Posted on September 02, 2009
LEARN MORE Pfizer Web site IB News – Pfizer $900 Million Celebrex Bextra Settlement – October 2008 InjuryBoard on Celebrex InjuryBoard on Bextra InjuryBoard on Pfizer litigation Video announcing settlement IMAGE SOURCE: Pfizer Web site Pay Doctors, Defraud Medicare Ritzy resorts...

Toyota Whistleblower Complaint May Open Rollover Cases

Posted on September 02, 2009
LEARN MORE IB, Melbourne, Florida, Jerry Trachtman - Toyota Conspiracy to Conceal, Withhold, Destroy Evidence and Information - August 2009 IB, Lansing, David Mittleman - Toyota Recall - February 2009 Federal dockets IMAGE SOURCE: Consumerist Web site/ Toyota logo Destroyed Evidence? Dimitrios Biller was a lawyer working for Toyota, the world's largest automaker...

Making Emergency Medical Helicopters Safer After Disasterous 2008

Posted on September 02, 2009
LEARN MORE IB News – Medical Flights Raise Questions After Sixth Crash Since May – July 2008 National Transportation Safety Board Association of Air Medical Services Federal Aviation Administration IB News – NTSB Holds Public Hearings to Assess Medical Helicopter Safety – February 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ Air Evac / author: © MarcoCoda Install New Systems, Increase Training The federal government is looking at ways to make emergency medical helicopters safer after 2008, the worse year in emergency medical helicopters history, that left 29 dead in medical helicopter crashes...

Deadly E. Coli Cookie Dough Has Woman Near Death

Posted on September 01, 2009
Hospitalized Woman Extremely Critical LEARN MORE CDC - on E. coli bacterium InjuryBoard News – First Contaminated Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough Lawsuit – June 2009 InjuryBoard News – Nestle Toll House Recall – June 2009 InjuryBoard News – E...

Exploding DVD Player Recall

Posted on September 01, 2009
LEARN MORE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Recall Notice Wal-Mart – Product Recalls IMAGE SOURCE: CPSC Recall Notice on Durabrand DVD Players They are sold in discount retailer, Wal-Mart for as little as $29...

RJ Reynolds And Others Suing Over New Tobacco Law

Posted on September 01, 2009
LEARN MORE RJ Reynolds Press Release (pdf) Injuryboard Help Center on Cigarettes and Tobacco InjuryBoard News on Cigarettes CDC on Smoking & Tobacco Use American Cancer Society Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act IMAGE SOURCE: © RJ Reynolds Website R...

Prostate Cancer - Overdiagnosed, Overtreated Study Finds

Posted on September 01, 2009
LEARN MORE Journal of Clinical Oncology Journal of the National Cancer Institute - Abstract of study IB Help Center - Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Errors InjuryBoard on Prostate Cancer  Annals of Internal Medicine American Cancer Society on Prostate Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: © WikiMedia Commons/ Created by US government agency National Cancer Institute PSA Test A new study suggests that mass screening for prostate cancer has done more harm than good...

Cocaine Tainted With Animal De-Wormer Sickens Dozens, Kills Three

Posted on August 31, 2009
LEARN MORE MD Consult preview - Annals of Internal Medicine on levamisole Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center Web site DEA on levamisole   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ cocaine powder/ author: U.S. Federal Government May Affect One-Third of U...

Chrysler Reverses Itself - Injured Still Left Out of Liability Claims

Posted on August 31, 2009
LEARN MORE Chrysler statement, August 27, 2009 Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli -Testimony in bankruptcy hearing Center for Justice & Democracy - Victim Cases Wiped Out report IB News - Injured Ask FTC for Warning on used Chrysler Cars - August 2009 Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli -Testimony in bankruptcy hearing Bradley Catalano l- Letter to Chrysler's Board of Directors   IMAGE SOURCE: Chrysler protest Web site The Chrysler Group LLC has reversed itself...

Plavix Facing New Rival Blood Thinner

Posted on August 31, 2009
  LEARN MORE European Society of Cardiology Web site NEJM - Abstract Injuryboard Help Center on Plavix Injuryboard Regional News, Dallas, New Concerns With Plavix, March 2006 FDA notice   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ box of Plavix/ author: Trounce Plavix may soon have a rival as an approved blood thinner...

Soluble Fiber Soothes Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Study Finds

Posted on August 28, 2009
LEARN MORE BMJ, Aug. 2009 Metamucil Web site WebMD on Irritable Bowel Syndrome U.S. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse IMAGE SOURCE: © Metamucil Fiber People that suffer from abdominal pain and discomfort associated with irritable bowel syndrome may find relief with Psyllium, the soluble fiber in Metamucil and other such products...

Feelings Of Hopelessness Raise Stroke Risk In Women

Posted on August 28, 2009
LEARN MORE journal Stroke AHA - Women, Heart Disease and Stroke InjuryBoard on Stroke National Stroke Association IMAGE SOURCE: © National Stroke Association Web site Women who are otherwise healthy but suffer from feelings of hopelessness are at a higher risk of suffering a stroke, finds a new study in the journal Stroke...

Wii Hab - Latest Therapy Out of the Box - IB Members Give Back

Posted on August 27, 2009
Burns, Cunningham, & Mackey, firm donates Wii *Editors Note * During August, 54 law firms belonging to InjuryBoard banded together to donate more than 70 Nintendo Wii gaming systems to rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and hospitals across the U...

CPSC Warns Of Faulty Stadium Light Poles

Posted on August 27, 2009
LEARN MORE CPSC Alert InjuryBoard Help Center - Defective and Dangerous Products IMAGE SOURCE: © U...

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